Reflex

by Photographs and Text by Vik Muniz

• ISBN13: 9781931788403
• ISBN10: 1931788405
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Aperture

Summary

An American artist of Brazilian origin, Vik Muniz has come to stand out as one of the most articulate and innovative artists of his generation, equally at home working with images of chocolate sauce, spaghetti marinara, or the detritus of hole punchers. In doing so, he has carved out a unique niche within contemporary photography: one of trickster and philosopher as well as creator of compelling and delightful images. Reflex: A Vik Muniz Primer is a privileged, guided tour of the contents of Muniz's pyrotechnic imagination. The collection of essays Muniz contributes walks us through each of his major series, and unveils the thinking and historical influences behind each image.

Author Biography

Vik Muniz was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1961. He currently lives and works in New York City. He is tremendously prolific, having had five major international solo shows in the U.S., Spain, Japan, Italy, and Brazil in the past year alone. He is the subject of a recent documentary film, The Worst Possible Illusion, which aired in film festivals and on PBS.

Table of Contents

Sao Paulo	p. 9
The land of opportunity	p. 13
The world is flat	p. 17
The image within : apparitions and likenesses	p. 30
Lines and more lines	p. 46
Crystals, grains, dirty negatives	p. 58
The joy of painting	p. 73
The work of art in the age of manual reproduction	p. 82
The art of selling what is not for sale	p. 93
Closed captioning	p. 102
Double negatives	p. 110
The toy story	p. 126
Pixel by pixel	p. 139
Mind measures	p. 152
Starry night	p. 167
Matter, magic, and monsters	p. 177
Afterword : the devil in the graphoscope	p. 194
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